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Nowadays, at 88, with a beaming smile that

makes him look young and radiant, Katz splits his

time and work mainly in two seasons, almost like

it’s done in the world of fashion; for him, primor-

dial seasons are summertime and wintertime: “My

summer stretches until November, when I usually

finish, there I just take notes of many things, and

then these notes evolve. It is the painting itself

the one deciding its final size.”

As one of the artists with more clout in contempo-

rary art, his artwork is a frame of reference for contem-

porary artists, represented in the paramountmuseums

of contemporary art in the world, such as: the Museum

of Modern Art (MoMA), theWhitneyMuseumof Ameri-

canArt and theMetropolitanMuseum, inNewYork; the

Centrenationald’artetdecultureGeorges-Pompidou,in

Paris;theTateGallery,inLondon;theMuseoReinaSofía,

inMadridat the GuggenheimMuseumBilbao.

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